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About Pika Village

Pika is a small village in Desali tehsil, in the district of Lower Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 11, made up of 6 males and 5 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 833 females per 1000 males.

Pika Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pika village
Description Value
State Arunachal Pradesh
District Lower Dibang Valley
Tehsil Desali
Population 11
Male Population 6
Female Population 5
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 833
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Pika compares

By the 2011 count Pika is the 24th largest of the 27 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 30 residents. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1261.

Getting to Pika

Pika is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Pika as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Pika from other places

Pika lies about 20 km from Lower Dibang Valley, and the nearest railway station is Pasighat, about 74 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Pika
Tehsil headquarters Desali 20 km
District headquarters Lower Dibang Valley 20 km
Nearest town Pāsighāt 72 km
Nearest railway station Pasighat 74 km

Villages closest to Pika

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Desali tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Pika

As per the Census of India 2011, Pika village had a population of 11. That makes it the 24th largest of the 27 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 30 residents.

Pika village has 6 males and 5 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pika has about 833 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1261.

Pika falls under Desali tehsil of Lower Dibang Valley district in Arunachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Pika is Pasighat, about 74 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Pika.

Pika is about 20 km from Lower Dibang Valley in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pika is in Desali tehsil of Lower Dibang Valley district. Desali is about 20 km away. Lower Dibang Valley is about 20 km away. Pāsighāt is about 72 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are New Pika (under 2 km), Marango (1.9 km) and Chanli (2.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Pika today is likely to be higher.

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